Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 16,962, Miles Dunbar, Conn.

SERVICE
NUMBER _____
Conrad
Dunbar, Miles
16,962
Tryphosa
CONTENTS

No. 201
No. 201 R New York Miles Dunbar
of _____ in the state of _____ who was a Life Major in the regiment commanded by Colonel Chandler of the Connect ine, for the term of 3 Years 1777-
scribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of 8 Dollars per month, to commence on the 26 of January 1819.
Certificate of Pension issued the 1 st of June 19 th . and sent to Joshua H. Harnan Onondaga. Onondaga Co.
Arrears to 4th of Mar 1819 50. 57 semi-ann. all'ce ending 1 Sept 19 218 31. 35 58. 57
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
M. S. ...
Continued
My observations went the 22 nd of Jan y 1822, to Smith's Fork Eng. R.R. station, N. York — G. to Green. D.P. Green 29 May 1838, in influence to the various claims. Paid at the Treasurys under the Act of the 4 th April 1838 from 11 Sept 1837 to 10 Nov 1837. A/gt. H. H. H. H. H. H. H. H.

66 Miles Dunbar Oct 19
1840
New York 3412
Jryphosa Dunbar — widow of Miles Dunbar, decd. a pensioner, At 18 March 1818, who died on the 12 th Novr 1837 — of Oswego Co in the State of New York who was a Fife Major in the Comp y commanded by Captain Smith of the regt commanded by Col Crown Sherman in the Com y . line for 2 years.
Inscribed on the Roll of Albany at the rate of 108 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 13 th day of Novr 1837.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5 th day of Sept r 1840, & sent to Hiram Hubbell, Richland, N.Y.
Arrears to the 1 st of Sept r 1840 $ 303.60 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Mar ch 40 54.00
$ 357.60
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act July 4, 1836, Section the 3 a }
Recorded by D r M c Curdy, Clerk, x C. Vol. 1. Page 112

Miles Dunbar Life Maj r of the 8 th Conn. Regiment will have served three years in the Army of the United States on the 31 st inst. and being the term of his enlistment, is hereby honorably discharged. Westfield 22 nd March 1900 J. Sherman (Commandant) Brigade
Miles Dunbar Life Maj r of the 8 th Conn. Reg t being discharged is allowed to draw provision from eight days from the date for his transport to Waterbury in Conn. Westfield 22 nd March 1900 J. Sherman (Commandant) Brigade To any Officer
Life Major Dunbar has drawn provision including the 22 nd instant
For Hiland Hall H. G.
DUNBAR, MILES (CONN.) W-16962
Ben. Sweeney

State of Connecticut } County of New Haven } ss Town of Watertown }
I Charles Scott Town Clerk of the Town of Watertown aforesaid (formerly comprising the present towns of Plymouth), do certify that I have examined the records of said Town & find there a record of marriage in the words & figures following
"Miles Dunbar was married to "Tryphena Butler May Third Seventeen "Hundred & twenty nine"
I Charles Scott Town Clerk aforesaid do certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the record of the marriage of Miles Dunbar to Tryphena Butler with the exception of the date which is expressed in the record in fair & legible figures thus (May 3 rd 1779)
I Charles Scott above named do hereby testify that I hold the office of Town Clerk of the Town of Watertown

County & State aforesaid That the above is a true Extract from the Records of said Town with the exceptio above named as certified by me dated, at Watertown Town Clerks office July 2 1840
Charles Smith Clerk
- Sworn before me
Job Himmann Justice of Peace

State of New York Oswego County ss.
On this twenty sixth day of September in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before me Elias Brewster Esquire One of the Judges of the County Courts of the County of Oswego and State of New York Hypheba Dunbar a resident of the Town of Palermo in said County of Oswego aged Eighty three years the fourteenth day of May 1839 who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 4 th 1836 That she is the widow of Miles Dunbar who was a Chaplain Major in the Regiment Commanded by Colonel Chaplin in the army of the United States in the War of the Revolution That her deceased husband Miles Dunbar aforesaid enlisted as a Musician in the Spring of 1777 in the Company Commanded by Captain David Smith in Northbury Society Town of Watbury in the State of Connecticut for the term of three Years as will fully appear by said Miles Dunbars application for a pension now in the office of the Secretary of War at the City of Washington and the particular service by him performed & the engagements he was in - That in the Spring of the Year of 1779 the said Miles Dunbar came home on a furlough and that on the third day of May in the Year 1779 aforesaid whilst thus at home on a furlough this deponent was Lawfully married to the said Miles Dunbar - that the Marriage Ceremony was duly Solemnized by the Reverend Andrew Storrs a regular Ordained Minister of the Congregational Church of the Society of Northbury aforesaid - That soon after the said Marriage of the said Miles Dunbar to this deponent he the said Miles

Dunbar Returned to his duty in the Army of the United States in the War of the Revolution aforesaid and Continued thereon to serve until she had fully completed the term for which he enlisted which was three Years and was honably discharged from the same by His Excellency George Washington Esquire Commander in Chief in the Year 1780 - that she and her deceased husband Continued to reside in the Town of Plymouth (formerly Northbury Society in the town of Northbury) County of Litch- field & State of Connecticut until April 1806 when they moved to the Town of P'keepsie Onondaga County & State of New York & from thence to the place of her present residence. And that her husband the aforesaid Miles Dunbar died on the twelfth day of November One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven. And that she has remained a widow ever since - as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herunto Annexed
Also on the day and Year first aforesaid before the said Judge personally appeared the said Tryphosa Dunbar and being first duly sworn according to Law made the following declarations in order to obtain the Arrear of Pension due to her deceased husband Miles Dunbar aforesaid - That her husband the said Miles Dunbar enlisted in a company of Infantry commanded by Captain David Smith Colonel Chandler's Regiment Connecticut line in the Spring of 1777 - for the term of three Years. That in the Spring of 1779 the said Miles Dunbar came home on a furlow, and that on the third day of May 1779 he the said Miles Dunbar and the deponent were joined in lawful wedlock by the Rev Andrew Storrs an Ordained Minis- ter - that this marriage took place while he was a Soldier in the Army of the United States in war of the Revolution - that the

further say not - And further they the said Miles Dunbar & Elijah Davis upon their oath affirmed say that they were well acquainted with the said Miles Dunbar deceased, and that he died at Palermo in the County of Oswego on the twelfth day of November in the Year of Our Lord One thousand Eight hundred and thirty seven and that she the said Tryphosa Dunbar has remained a widow ever since
Sworn to and subscribed the twenty sixth day of September Eighteen hundred & thirty nine before me
Elias Brewster Judge of Oswego County Court
I Elias Brewster a Judge of Oswego County Court do certify that I am well acquainted with Miles Dunbar & Elijah Davis that they are persons of good moral character of truth and veracity and that from the foregoing affidavits by them made I am satisfied of the decease of the said Miles Dunbar Also of the inability of the said Tryphosa Dunbar by reason of age and bodily infirmity to appear in open court to make said decla- rations
Dated Palermo September 26 th 1839 -
Elias Brewster Judge
State of New York Oswego
County Clerk's Office I Daniel H Marsh Clerk of the said County of Oswego hereby certify that Elias Brewster whose name is

Said Miles Dunbar was placed upon the pension list of pensioners of the United States under the act of March 18 th 1818 on the 26 th day of January - 1819 - as will appear by Original Pension Certificate granted to him and which is herunto Annexed That she remained the lawful wife of the said Miles Dunbar from the time of their marriage to the day of his death - That her said husband (Miles Dunbar) died on the twelfth day of November One thousand Eight hundred and thirty seven - That she has remained a widow ever since the day of his death as will more fully appear by reference to the proof herunto Annexed - And that by reason of age and bodily infirmary she is unable to appear in Open Court to make the aforesaid declarations And further says not Tryphosa Dunbar
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written as to both the above declarations before me,
Note the word "and" this deponent "between" the fifth & sixth lines from bottom Second Page interlined before
Signing also "Chamber" postpage & "infirmary" on the last page -
Elias Brewster
State of New York
Onondaga County ss
Miles Dunbar and Elijah Davis being duly sworn according to Law depose and say that they are well acquainted with Tryphosa Dunbar the person who made the above declarations and that from her advanced age and bodily infirmary they do, not think her able to appear in Open Court to make said declarations and
Elias Brewster Judge of Onondaga County Court

Subscribed to the Surety of affidavit hereto annexed is a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of said County of Oscega which Court is a court of record and that he was a Judge thereof at the date of said Surety duly commissioned and qualified - that his Commission is dated May 8 th 1839 and will expire on the seventh day of May 1844 and I further Certify that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge and that the signature of the said Elias Brewster to each of said Surety and Certificate purporting to be signed by said Elias Brewster are the genuine hand writings and signatures of the said Elias Brewster Judge as aforesaid
In testimony whereof I Daniel H Marsh Clerk of the said County of Oscega have hereunto set my hand and Affixed the Seal of the said County of Oscega this Eleventh Day of December Anno Domini 1839 -
D. H. Marsh Clerk
State of New York

Miles Dumbarton
private Jan 7, 26, 1815
Colonel Chambers Regt
Connecticut line
1777 to 1780
[Faint, mirrored bleed-through text from the reverse side of the page]

State of New-York, } ss :— County, }
On this twenty fourth — day of January 1819, before me the subscriber, First Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in and for the said county of Mendham personally appears Miles Dumbar — aged fifty — years, resident in the town of Pompton — in the said county, who being by me first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress, entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war:" That he the said Miles Dumbar — enlisted on the 31 st day of March 1777 — at Watkins — in the state of Connecticut — in the company commanded by Captain David Smith in Col. Chandler's Regiment of the Connecticut Line ; that he continued to serve in the said corps, or in the service of the United States until the twenty second of March 1780 when he was discharged from service in Westfield — in the state of New Jersey — that he was in the battles of Saraton & Monmouth — that his discharge is herein annexed —
and that he is in reduced circumstances, and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support; and that he has no other evidence now in his power of his said services.
Sworn to and declared before me, the day and year aforesaid.
Joshua Forman
Miles Dumbar
I, Joshua Forman — Judge &c. as aforesaid, do certify, that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Miles Dumbar — did serve in the Revolutionary War, as stated in the preceding declaration, against the common enemy; And I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken and had before me, to the Secretary for the Department of War, pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Further that he is in reduced circumstances in life & stands in need of the assistance of his country for support — Mendham January 26 th 1819. —
Joshua Forman

State of New York Onesego County ss On this 19th day of September 1821 personally appeared in open court in the court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Onesego being by a public Statute of the State of New York a court of record Miles Durnbar aged sixty three years resident in the Town of Volney in the said County of Onesego who being first duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows viz that he served as a First Major in the Eighth Connecticut Regiment commanded by Colonel Leland that he enlisted on the 21st day of March 1777 and continued in the service until the 21st or 22nd day of March 1780 when he was regularly discharged at Westfield in the State of Connecticut and that his first declaration or application for a pension was dated on the 26th day of January 1819 and in consequence of said declaration or application a pension certificate was issued to this deponent numbered 11.201, and I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States of America on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of any property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish as to bring myself within the provision of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me subscribed excepting one lease concerning appeal and bidding etc and this deponent further says that he is by occupation a Farmer. That he is infirm. That he has lost the sight of one of his eyes and can see but dimly with the other and that the number of persons aged and capable for business & labor of his family living with him are as

follows Mrs Triphosa aged 85 years feeble & infirm & able to do but little labor has two orphan and portionless grandchildren Mrs Lucias Dunbar aged 12 years whose capacity for business is as good as is usual with boys of her age Lucretia Dunbar aged 11 years her capacity for business is also as good as is usual
Schedule
   Value Rate     1 Bible - small 75   1 Testament 25   2 Sermons 12 1/2   1 Compendium of the bible 50   1 Catechism 06   12 Small tracts on christianity 50   1 Spelling book 12 1/2   1 Cow (seven years old) 12 50   8 Sheep 8 00   3 small swine 9 months old 3   1 Iron pot holding 1 pail full 50   1 Dish kettle (small) 50   1 Frying pan 50   2 Flat irons 75   1 five pailed kettle (stacked) 1 50   1 old pair tongs 50   1 old shoe 25   2 old pails 25   1 cream pot 06   1 Tea pot 12 1/2   1 Tin Canister 12 1/2   2 Tea cups 06   2 Sauces 06   2 Old tin pans 12 1/2   3 earthen plates 12 1/2   1 wash bowl 25   3 old knives & forks 20   1 Pail 12 1/2   1 Shugan box of wood 12 1/2   1 bread tray 12 1/2   1 Small looking glass 50   1 Table 1   1 Stand 1   6 Old chairs 3  

   Q lb     1 old great wheel 1 00   1 Chest 1 —   1 old do 1 —   2 fine (days one of which is broken) — 25   1 Razor & box — 50   1 Cocomb — 06   3 old Iron Table Spoons — 37½   4 Dry barrels 1 —   2 Harmons — 50   1 Sledge — 75   3 Grindlets — 12½   3 old axes 1 50   3 old hoes — 50   1 bush hook — 50   1 old saw — 50   3 broken augers — 50   3 Chisels — 50   1 Jack plane — 37½   1 Gun out of repair 2 —   2 old pitch forks — 50   1 hay knife — 50   1 old rake — 06   1 old ploughshare 1 —   2 old chisels — 50   1 old Stake & ring — 37½   1 Set drag teeth 2 —   1 Grind stone Not about 200 # 5 —   1 adze — 50   1 old sickle — 25   2 Trammels 1 00   1 old broad ax — 75   2 old chains 2 00   1 Short do — 50   2 old tubs — 50   1 Ketchel — 50   1 old set ketchel teeth — 50   4 old bags 1 —   1 Corn basket — 12½   1 Cow bell — 50   1 Sheep bell — 25   2 Iron wedges — 50   10 old Iron — 87½  

1 1/2 Ton hay _____ 7-50 wheat of 1/2 acre in the sheaf - - 4 oats in 1/4 acre in sheaf _____ 2 Corn of 2 1/2 acres on the ground - 7-50 1/2 acre of turnips _____ 3 1/4 rods square of potatoes in ground 1-50 1 old shovel _____ 50 1 new fork _____ 50 Repairs of 5 or 6 acres of old ground } 5 land without tillage - - - - - } Three dollars 2 half per bush of grain owing } 3-50 To one by Harry Burns - - - - - (
Walter Dunbar
State of New York Onondaga County ss
Before me, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared
Be it known that Walter Dunbar personally appeared in open court & took and subscribed the annex- ed affidavit Sept 21 st 1821
John Grant Jr
Onondaga County Clerks Office
First Judge
I Smith Dunlap Clerk of the county of Onondaga do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from from the records of the said Court and I do further certify that it is the opinion of the court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid schedule is one hundred and four Dollars and fifty eight cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court this 23 rd day of Sept 1821
Smith Dunlap Clerk

a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
Miles Dunbar wid file 16962
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     Mar 21. 1777 Mar 22. 1780 5th Inf. Regt. David Smith Chandler Conn.                                                   
Battles engaged in, Brandywine and Monmouth. Residence of soldier at enlistment, Enfield at Watbury Conn. Date of application for pension, June 26. 1819. His cl. was al. Residence at date of application, Bantry Grandage Co. N.Y. Age at date of application, 60 yrs.
Remarks: He was married in the Society of Northern Watbury Conn. Mar 3. 1779. His wife was Sarah (born May 14. 1756 and was allowed pension on an application executed Sept 26. 1839, while a resident of Palatine, Oneida Co. N.Y. He died at Palatine N.Y. Nov. 12, 1837. In 1837 there were two orphan grand-children. Lucia Dunbar aged 12 yrs and Sarah Dunbar aged 11 years.
Very respectfully,

V.L.M.
1909 Dec. 1 Hist. Soc. Margaret D. Shepard
RevWIDOW, &c.
File No. 16,262
Tryphosa Dunbar
Wid. of
Miles Dunbar
Fife Maj. Rev. War
Act: July 4, 1836
Index:—Vol. A , Page 205
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Miles Dunbar.
63 yrs of age. Blind of one eye - the other very dim.
- Wife, 65 yrs old.
- 2 orphan grandchildren. 11 & 12 yrs old.
Sched: $104.
Served 34 yrs as fife major.
Ref. to Mt. Polson.
"South Dunbar" Lynn
Richland
M. Y. 

N. York Nymphosa Dunbar Lit. to Hon. D. P. Brewster 12. Feb. 1840
Act July 1836

Miles Dunbar N.Y. Albany act 1818. when last p d ?
G.W.C.
4 May 38.
To 4 Sep 1837 - 19. 38 not in
J/H

Albany
Miles Dunbar est 1818 to what time fine?
VL
12 Oct 1837
p't. 4 Sep 1837
all

Miles, Francis NY Albany (Ag) Oct 1818. d. 1837 when paid.
104. 4 Lp 1837 JH
AHL Aug 11 1840

4877 Triphaena Dunbar
Wid of Miles
N.Y.
Ad July 4. 1836
Maria May 3. 1779
dea 12 Nov. 1837
3 yrs. wife Mayer
Col Sherman. Conn.
line. dis March 1780
$108 per ann
Mr. Hiram Hubbell Richland N.Y.

State of New York
Onondaga County ss -
Samuel Royce of the Town of Kirkland in said County Aged Eighty two Years being duly sworn deposes and says, that he was well acquainted with Miles Dunbar and Phoebe Butler at and before the Year Seventeen hundred and Seventy Nine - that said Miles Dunbar enlisted in the Army of the United States in the War of the Revolution in the Spring of 1777 in the Company Commanded by Capt. David Smith as this deponent was informed and voluntarily believing for the term of three Years - that he went into the service as a Musician and was promoted to the rank of Fifth Major of the Regiment - that on the third day of May in the Year Seventeen hundred & Seventy Nine said Miles Dunbar then a Soldier of the Army of the Revolution came home on a furlough and was married to the said Phoebe Butler (now Widow Phoebe Dunbar) And after said Marriage at which Ceremony this deponent was present as an eye Witness said Dunbar again returned into the Army of the Revolution and continued there and in said service for and during the term of his enlistment and further says not - Dated Kirkland Dec r 19 th 1839 -
Samuel Royce
"as this deponent believes"
"home"
interlined before signing
Sworn & subscribed
before me this 29 th day of Dec r 1839 -
W. H. Hubbard Com r of Deeds for Onondaga County
State of New York County of Onondaga ss.
James Dean Clerk of the County Courts of the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that W. H. Hubbard Esq. is a Commissioner of Deeds in and for the said County duly commissioned & qualified that his Commission is dated the 23 rd Nov-

1830 & will expire on the 15 th Nov 1842 and that his signature on the opposite side is genuine ..
Given under my hand and the seal of the said County Decr 20 th 1839. James Dean Clerk by James Edgar Dep: Clerk

Hon J. L. Edwards Com. of Pensions

Richland N.W. July 27, 1840
Sir -
At the request of Mr. M. Dunbar who is sick I forward to you the enclosed Aff. No. as to the marriage of the widow of Miles Dunbar who I understand is an applicant for a Pension.
(Ans)
Please Sir, inform me whether a widow whose husband has died since July 7, 1838 can in any case receive a pension under that act. Or, in other words, whether a widow, who, if her husband had died a week previous to the passage of that act would have been entitled to a pension is now entitled to it where he died after its passage?
Respectfully Your Obdt. Servt.
Hiram Hubbell
Hon J. L. Edwards.

Washington May 3 d . '38-
Hon J. L. Edwards Sir-
Will you please cause the information, desired in the enclosed letter, to be furnished to me and Much Oblige -
Respectfully G. W. Lewis A. P. Grant

Dr Sir
Enclosed I send you a Letter of inquiry and request the early attention of your dept. to the subject
N.R. Feb. 8. 1840
Yours Very Respectfully
J. Edward Esq. } }
D. P. Brewster }

Oct 19. 40
FREE
Hon. S. D. Edwards Comm d of Pensions City of Washington

Richland Onond Co Oct. 29. 1840
Sir.
The Pension Certificate of Miles Dunbar late a fifth major in the Revolution War died in Jan -
I am Sir
Mrs. M c Miles Dunbar Atty for the Widow Tryphosa Dunbar
H. S. Edwards Comm ee of Pensions -

✓ Secretary of War War Department City of Washington

Richland Dec r 31. 1839.
Sir
Inclosed are the papers of the Widow Tryphosa Dunker an applicant for a pension and her deceased husband's Certificate -
You will please direct the Certificate for her to me at Richland. Oswego County New York -
I am Sir
Yrs &c
Miles Dunker

STATE OF CONNECTICUT, NEW HAVEN COUNTY, COUNTY COURT CLERK'S OFFICE. } ss.
I, J. W. Beach Clerk of the County Court, within and for said County, and Keeper of the Seal thereof, and of the Commissions of Justices of Peace, within and for said County, hereby certify that
Isaac H. Hunsdicker
Esq. is a JUSTICE OF PEACE,
within and for the said County, duly appointed, commissioned, and sworn, with power to administer oaths and take the acknowledgment of Deeds; that his Commission is dated the 5 th day of June A. D. 18 40 and will expire on the twentieth day of June, A. D. 18 41 ; that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and that the signature hereto annexed, purporting to be his, is his genuine official signature.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and the Seal of said Court, this 8 th day of July A. D. 18 40
J. W. Beach Clerk.

TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
Second Comptroller's Office,
January 22, 1841.
Sir :
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States," The widow of Miles Dunbar, a Pensioner on the Roll of the Albany, N.Y. Agency, at the rate of Eight — Dollars and — Cents per month  annum , under the law of the 18th March 1836, has been paid at this Department, from the 4 th of Sept. 1837. to the 12 th Nov. 1837.
Respectfully yours,
Albin B. Parsons Comptroller.
To the Commissioner of Pensions, Present.

30 High Street -
KATHERINE GAYLORD CHAPTER, DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.
Commissioner of Pensions Washington D. C.
Dear Sir: -
I find that -
Mrs. Marguerite Dunbar Shepard has three ancestors who were pen- sioned, in regard to whom it is im- possible to get absolutely correct data. The names are as follows
Miles Dunbar - wife Tryphosa Butler. A Conn. pensioner living in New York. under Act of 1818 Benjamin Giddings Act of 1818

Joseph Rance born in Scotland second wife Ruth - a Mass. pen- sioner residing in Conn. I think.
The military history of these three soldiers, with details, will be greatly appreciated by both Mrs. Shepard and myself.
Very truly yours Mary F. Martin Registrar
Bristol Conn
Nov. 16, 1909